[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6201-6202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2967]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[CA-360-1220-00]


Management Orders for Public Lands: Trinity, North Fork Trinity 
and Klamath Wild and Scenic Rivers

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior, Redding Field Office, 
Redding, California.

ACTION: Management orders on public lands.

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SUMMARY: Under the authority of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 USC 
1281(c)) and Federal Regulations at 43 CFR 8351.2.1: ``The authorized 
officer may issue written orders which close or restrict the use of the 
lands and water surface administered by the Bureau of Land Management 
within the boundary of any component of the National Wild and Scenic 
River System when necessary to carry out the intent of the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act.''
    The following orders apply to all public lands managed by the 
Bureau of Land Management occurring within the management boundaries of 
the Trinity, North Fork Trinity, and Klamath National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers. This includes public lands along the Trinity

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River from Lewiston Dam downstream to approximately \1/4\ mile below 
the confluence with the North Fork Trinity River; the North Fork 
Trinity River from the confluence of the East Fork of the North Fork 
Trinity River downstream to the confluence with the Trinity River; and 
the Klamath River from Iron Gate Dam downstream to the confluence with 
Ash Creek. The boundaries of these components of the National Wild and 
Scenic River System are further delineated as corridors in the BLM 
Redding Resource Management Plan (July 1993).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following acts are prohibited at all 
times:
    1. Camping in excess of 14 days per calendar year, or in areas 
closed to camping, without proper authorization. (Camping is defined as 
the use of tents or shelters of natural or synthetic material, 
preparing a sleeping bag or bedding material for use, or mooring of a 
vessel, or parking a vehicle or trailer for the apparent purposes of 
occupancy. Occupancy is defined as the taking, maintaining or holding 
possession of a camp or residence on public land, either by personal 
presence or by leaving property on the site.)
    2. Construction, maintenance, occupation or possession of a 
structure, building, improvement, roadway, fence, gate or enclosure 
without proper authorization.
    3. Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire without a 
necessary fire permit, or when open fires are prohibited, or leaving a 
fire unattended or performing any act in violation of a fire prevention 
order.
    4. Improper disposal of debris or waste, including but not limited 
to: litter, garbage, trash, junk, petroleum products, abandoned 
vehicles, animal carcass or human waste.
    5. Disorderly conduct.
    6. Creating a hazard or a nuisance.
    7. Grazing of livestock without proper authorization.
    8. Failure to pay required campground fees.
    9. Cutting, damaging or removal of vegetation without proper 
authorization. (For the purpose of building a legal campfire on public 
lands, you are authorized to gather dead and down wood.)
    10. Removal of mineral materials in excess of 1,000 pounds per year 
or when prohibited by signs, without proper authorization.
    11. Blading, digging or excavating the ground or river bottom with 
motorized equipment (including suction dredges in areas closed to 
mining) without proper authorization.
    12. Destruction or removal of U. S. Government property.
    13. Signing, posting or improperly asserting title to public land 
which gives the impression of private ownership to such land. (This 
does not include the proper identification of mining claims or the 
restriction of unauthorized removal of locatable minerals from such 
claims).
    14. Operation of a motorized vehicle on public lands, trails or 
roadways closed to motorized vehicle use.
    15. Failure to obtain, or violating stipulations or conditions of a 
special recreation permit, as required by Federal Regulations 43 CFR 
part 8372, for commercial, competitive or special use areas.
    16. Leave unattended personal belongings longer than 10 days unless 
authorized.
    17. Discharge of firearms in an unsafe manner, in an unsafe 
direction, where legally prohibited, or at items which can shatter into 
sharp fragments, including, but not limited to: all glass items, 
ceramics and television screens.
    Any person convicted of violating any of the above orders shall be 
punished by a fine of not to exceed $500, or by imprisonment for a 
period not to exceed 6 months, or both, and shall be adjudged to pay 
all costs of proceedings (43 CFR 8351.2.1(f)).
    These orders take effect on the date of signing (January 22, 1998), 
and shall remain in effect until rescinded by the Area Manager of the 
Bureau of Land Management's Redding Resource Area.
Charles M. Schultz,
Area Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-2967 Filed 2-5-98; 8:45 am]
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